#75BCD8#75BCD8

#75BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.082 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#75BCD8
RGB	rgb(117, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -14.91, -20.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 25.75, 234.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0577 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.082 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7095, 44.7034, 71.5939)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#75BCD8 #D89175

analogous

#75D8C3 #75BCD8 #758AD8

triadic

#75BCD8 #D875BC #BCD875

tetradic

#75BCD8 #C375D8 #D89175 #8AD875

square

#75BCD8 #C375D8 #D89175 #8AD875

split-complementary

#75BCD8 #D8758A #D8C375

monochromatic

#2E83A4 #45A5CB #75BCD8 #A5D3E5 #D4EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#75BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#75BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #75BCD8

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##75BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##75BCD8	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #75bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(117, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.082 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0e4',
    500: '#75bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #75bcd8;
$custom-light: #a2d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#75bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 117,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.97,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75865,
    "c": 0.08178,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#75BCD8

secondary

#E5CDC4

accent

#5022C3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #75BCD8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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